England manager Gareth Southgate says he keeps preparing the squad for the World Cup despite the political tensions between the UK and the tournament hosts Russia.

Mark Ogden asks Ashley Young about his prospects with England and earning a squad place for the World Cup.

BURTON, England -- Gareth Southgate has branded the relationship between the UK and Russia as a "serious matter" but the England manager insists he is still preparing for the World Cup as normal.

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has suggested the team could boycott the tournament this summer in the wake of the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, and Prime Minister Theresa May has expelled 23 Russian diplomats in response.

U.K. foreign secretary Boris Johnson says Britain may not participate normally in the World Cup if Russia is proven to be behind the unexplained illness of a former spy.

With 100 days to go until the FIFA World Cup, Ian Darke joins a group of ESPN writers and experts for a roundtable discussion about what to expect in Russia this summer.

England are facing the risk of playing in this summer's World Cup without their media being present at the event after Russian Foreign Minister Maria Zakharova threatened to expel all UK media from the country.

Zakharova was reacting to a warning from communications regulator Ofcom that it could strip broadcaster Russia Today of its UK operating license, if the UK government find Moscow was behind the poisoning of double agent Sergei Skripal.

U.K. foreign secretary Boris Johnson says Britain may not participate normally in the World Cup if Russia is proven to be behind the unexplained illness of a former spy.

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed that no members of the British royal family or government ministers will attend the 2018 World Cup in Russia in the wake of the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal.

Skripal, 66, and his 33-year-old daughter, Yulia, remain in critical condition after they were exposed to what U.K. authorities have described as a nerve agent in the English city of Salisbury earlier this month.

Riot police were summoned to control clashes between Russia and England fans at Euro 2016.

A Russian man who is suspected of seriously injuring an English football fan at Euro 2016 has been imprisoned in Marseille, France.

The 31-year-old man, who has not been identified, has been charged with attempted homicide and grievous bodily harm following an attack that left Andrew Bache with multiple broken bones and brain injuries, according to the BBC.

Bache, 51, was one of 35 people who were assaulted outside the Stade Velodrome prior to the Euro 2016 group-stage game between England and Russia....